Northwest Washington Fair Association

Analysis

Northwest Washington Fair Association is a registered charity in United States, based in Lynden, WA. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation and sports, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (gross receipts test) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Northwest Washington Fair Association reported income of $5.3m and spending of $4.6m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2019 to December 2023, income fell from $6.1m to $5.3m (-13%), an average of -3.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 550%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 30,892 United States charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Northwest Washington Fair Association sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile, and in the 93rd percentile within WA. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Oakland Childrens Fairyland Inc ($5.2m), Miracles for Kids Inc ($5.3m) and Virginia State Golf Association Inc ($5.2m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 14% and program service revenue 78% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $112k (2.4% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $768k. At year end it held assets of $14.3m against liabilities of $4.6m, net assets of $9.7m. It reported 288 employees.